Living in Greece Stories

Stories and recollections from the people, places, and publications that document life in the Town of Greece.

These articles offer perspectives on what it was like to live in the Town of Greece in the past. Many are from the archives or newsletters of the Greece Historical Society. If you would be interested in learning more about the Town of Greece’s history, please feel free to contact us at (585) 225-7221.

(These stories are the property of the Greece Historical Society, which retains all right thereto. The contributors to these stories provide them for non-commercial, personal, educational, and/or research use only. Prior written permission from the Greece Historical Society and the individual authors must be obtained for any other use, including but not limited to commercial or scholarly publications, or any reproductions or redistribution of any kind.)

Share Your Stories and Memories

We love to read stories and memories by you or your organization. Submit a local history story or memory of growing up in the Town of Greece by emailing a zip file with your story and photos to greecehistoricalsociety@yahoo.com. Use the subject line: Share My Story of Local History or Memories Of Greece N.Y. plus your story title. Include a brief bio and one photo for publication.

Your story should be no more than 500 words. We can edit for continuity, grammar, and punctuation. Stories may cover one span or multiple spans: 1800-1850, 1900-1950, 1950-2000, and 2000-Present.

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Rotobowling Never Quite Caught on in Greece

January 1, 2021 |
In the late 1940s, as bowling was becoming more popular, the residents of Greece had several choices of where to bowl, including Boem's on Edgemere Drive and the Charlotte bowling hall on Stutson Street. Along the Ridge, there was the Lyon's Den, Damm Brothers, and Ridge Bowling, but with no...
Categories: 1900-1950 1950-2000 Living in Greece Stories
Tags: 1940 1946 1954 1956 1957 1960 AMF Barnard School Boem's Charlotte Cramer's Drug Store Damm Brothers Dewey Ave Donato Fasano Edgemere Drive Ernest Fasano Fasinos Frear Estate Gambling Lyon's Den Maiden Lane Maiden Lanes McCall Michael Fasano New York State Northgate Plaza Orville Whittle Pin Boys Pin Spotter Ridge Bowling Ridge Bowling Hall Rotobowling Sam Mink Schantz Construction Stone Road Stutson St.
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A Civic Club’s Legacy

September 5, 2018 |
The residents of the Town of Greece enjoy a variety of parks within the Town. Their features and size are certainly diverse, from the 577-acre Greece Canal Park to the 4-acre Henpeck Park. But their history and names are just as varied. Most parks names are either derived from their...
Categories: 1900-1950 Corinthian Living in Greece Stories
Tags: Barnard Civic Club Barnard School Basil Marella Bou Scout Troop 14 Boy Scouts Braddock Bay Park Dr. Sherwood Sawyer George Badgerow Milton Milton Carter Mrs. Antoinette Grabowski Webster William Hogan YMCA
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Richard Laurette

Richard Laurette – Memories of Dewey Stone Area

July 4, 2018 |
After reading Bill Bartling's story about Dewey Stone in the 1940s in our May Corinthian, GHS member, Richard Laurette sent us his story about the 1950s. My parents moved to the suburbs in February 1944. I came along in November. (You can do the math.) Coincidental­ ly to Mr. Bartling's...
Categories: 1950-2000 Guest Stories Living in Greece Stories
Tags: arnard Market Barnard Carnival Barnard Crossing Barnard Fire Department Barnard Meat Market Barnard Park Barnard School Barnard's Crossing Beaumont Bethany Presbyterian Church Bill's Barber Shop Kujaqa's Television Repair Cadet Clearners Common School District # 15 Dew-Stone Fay's Drug Store George H. Clarke Park Greece Greece Historical Society Gulf Gas Station Jack Symonds Jackson's Bakery Johnny’s Sweet Shop Kodak Lincon Bank Loblaw's Maiden Lane Mortillaro's Jewelry Mortillaro's Paint Store Nick & Erwin's Dry Clearners Richard Laurette St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Stone Sunoco Gas Station The Dutch Mill The New Dutch Mill Times-Union Newspaper Towne Men Shop YMCA Yo-Yo
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Bill Bartling’s – Memories of Dewey Stone Area

May 1, 2018 |
This is what it was like in the 1940s growing up in Greece in the Dewey Stone area. When I was 5 we moved to 22 Dalston Road. It was the first house on the street behind Sarvey's Gulf station. Across Dewey, one block toward the city, was Shorty Junker's...
Categories: 1900-1950 1950-2000 Guest Stories Living in Greece Stories
Tags: 1940s Barnard Fire Deparment Barnard Fire House Barnard School Bill Bartling Chief Carter Cowan's drug store Dewey Ave Dewey-Stone Esler's Gypsies Hart's grocery Hope Lutheran Church Jackson's Bakery Johnny's Diner Milton Carter Sarvey's Gulf station Shorty Junker's Barnard Grill St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic The Dutch Mill Veltri's shoe repair
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Outdoor Ice Skating

February 1, 2017 |
The opening of the outdoor skating rink on the Greece Town Campus should bring back memories of the "good old days" to many of us who have lived in the area for a half century or more. Back then there were many opportunities for outdoor ice skating, including public schools,...
Categories: 1900-1950 1950-2000 Living in Greece Stories
Tags: Barnard School Britton Rd Britton Road School Carter Park Cooks Hardware Democrat & Chronicle DPW Fleming Creek Forgham Road Greece Department of Public Works Greece Town Campus Maplewood Park pond Milton Carter Milton H. Carter Milton H. Carter Park Ontario Beach Park
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